Izzy "Talin" Collier

Once I get my brain/hand working together reliably as they should, I might. No idea how long it'll take to get to that point, but I'm working toward that.

(I did try a re-do of a certain WoW guild logo a few years ago, but it just didn't match up to the original)

Today is my birthday and the best gift, as always, would be a repost of my works✨

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A graphite-and-ink sketch of a sailor sitting on a barrel, playing a concertina. Scattered around him are various bottles, barrels, mugs, a lantern, and a partially-raised bit of sail for a backdrop. A puffin sits on a barrel next to him, listening intently. On the opposite side, a sea otter holds up a coin as if preparing to tip the musician.

A pen-and-ink cartoon illustration for the song, "Wellerman." At the left side of the drawing is a small, 16th-century style sailing ship. Inside the ship is a tiny figure wielding a harpoon. The rest of the image is filled with a whimsical, monstrous right whale, loosely based on illustrations of whales from Renaissance drawings. (Obviously based on fanciful descriptions from sailors, instead of real-life reference.) It has gigantic scales like a sturgeon, multiple blow-holes, and a row of tusk-like fangs in its mouth instead of baleen. There are trees growing on the whale's back, a reference to an old folk story about sailors who mistake a gargantuan, sleeping whale for an island.

Had a charity project that needed a few quick spot illos, so I figured it might be a good justification for picking up a pencil and trying to sketch again. (Also, brush markers are terrifying and absolutely great for speed-inking.)

Digital painting, quadrupedal mech and a couple of dudes

I cannot believe you're at 10k already, and yet, your art deserves even more!!

I'm Heraldo, your friendly illustrator who sometimes has fun with concept arts! I love fantasy but I always look forward to branching out into other themes so who knows?? Here's some of my personal favourites!

illustration showing a variety of items spread out - a book, tarot deck, feather, lighter, keys, scissors, makeup, mini cauldron, candle, safety pins, shark's tooth, leaves, a spider, a hair tie, bones, little perfume bottles, crumpled tissue.

what's in a witch's bag 🖤🗝️🗡️💄🕷️🧷

Progress screenshot of 3D printable goldfish shaped submersible.

Bottom flippers are done. Since the fins will be fabric, those holes on the brackets are for stitching heavy thread through to make them more antique-ish steampunk sail-like.
#3dprinting #arttoy #robot #mecha #3d #modelmaking #steampunk #fusion360 #goldfish #model #kit #35scale #submersible #sub

Moonlit adventures...

Digital painting, speeder bike concept for Solo: A Star Wars Story

Speeder bike concept for Solo: A Star Wars Story

"Wyldling" Elizabeth Leggett. 2023

A Faun fragment, from some time ago...

Illustration of a goddess pouring liquid sunshine from a transparent tea kettle into a teacup. Purple aesthetic. The goddess is wearing purple robes with sunrise-y hues near the tea cup. She has dark brown skin, purple eyebrows, and purple wavy hair. She's wearing a dark starry bodice. Painted in 2021 / by gdbeeart / in photoshop

[Just a cup of sunshine]

The same skull-and-crossbones pirate flag design as in the previous post, with a heart for a skull. This version is in rainbow colors instead of white-on-black. ©2020 Izzy "Talin" Collier

I guess I should probably put a link to my much-neglected TeePublic shop, too, for those so inclined. I might even sit down and update it with new stuff at some point. Who knows? The world is chaos.

www.teepublic.com/user/izzy_gr...

A skull-and-crossbones pirate flag, with skull in the shape of a heart. There is a slash over one eye, and the edges are rough and splattery. Around it is a faint circle in yellow, gray, and violet. ©2020, Izzy "Talin" Collier

I draw more pirate flags/Jolly Rogers than I probably should. But this one is mine. Updated in 2020, from a personal design I did a few decades ago.

(Drew this version originally for a tattoo, then Covid happened, then lack of money happened, then *gestures at everything* happened. Ah, well.)

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.

Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

Ink drawing, a tree growing up and around a house, or a house growing out of a tree

tree house

Andalusian classics but they are women loving each other. 🌞Based on a painting called 'Cortejo español' by García Ramos.

Oof. I hope you can get some good rest, and that you're feeling better soon.

ARTIST VURD: Where is a good, affordable, LGBTQIA2S-friendly place to get custom enamel pins made?

Share your wisdom, please! Asking for a friend, who is really in fact myself.

I so wish I were in an autumn forest right now, listening to the quiet strumming of strings to the rustle of falling golden leaves. Autumn is very good for cities, but autumn in the forest is a miracle...

#fantasy #fantasyart #bard

If you need beautiful illustrations, I'm open for new projects.

I'm an illustrator for books and music albums covers, board and roleplaying games, traiding cards, character art as well as for private comissions.

🎨 www.artstation.com/avalach
📩 yuliazhuchkovaartist[@]yahoo.com

#bookart #fantasy

HP is a hard-working and creative ceramicist, educator, and all-around great guy, and I consider him pretty much family. And he's dealing with more than any of us should have to right now.

I know that things are *gestures all around at everything* currently, but please help out if you can.

It's true. My personality is very dog/lupine-like, a lot of the time. But I try my best to be 12/10 heckin good girl, as WeRateDogs would say.

✊ resilience ✊

Sculpture of Morrigan goddess, with a raven.

Feeling weary & knocked on the head, but... Onward! Badb Catha, Morrigan...

Lofi Cali Girl - beats to relax/study to during the climate change apocalypse.

Lots of people have messaged me with well wishes for the #LAfires. I'm lucky enough to live in a different part of California (in the SF bay area) so please do not worry about me.

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The wings are 100% Sophie, though. And I definitely was trying to draw this one in the "Reaper style." Given when it was sketched, I'm pretty sure this was a warm-up to shake off the rust and burnout and get a few pieces done for a Kickstarter project. 😅

Not actually Sophie (I know; shocking), although the old sketch was done as sort of an antithesis to her - pale, gothy, short blonde hair, and not as relentlessly "girl-demon next door." Just for fun, I combined that doodle with my sort of go-to comfort OC, Cobweb, and this was the result.